秋田-東京間で「新在直通運転」を行う新幹線型車両。目的地沿線の新雪の白銀などのモチーフを生かしたエクステリアデザインは、沿線の新風景となりうるアイコン性を持ち、特徴的なブリッジ構成を持つ車内は、先進性を感じさせ地方と都心を結ぶ車両としての新たなイメージを創出した。
A Shinkansen-type train that provides "Shin-Zaido" direct service between Akita and Tokyo. The exterior design, which utilizes motifs such as the silvery white of fresh snow along the destination line, has an iconic quality that could become a new landscape along the line, and the interior, with its distinctive bridge configuration, creates a new image as a train that links rural areas and central Tokyo with a sense of advanced technology.